Scanny
On-device PDF scanner & OCR
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Turn paper into clean, searchable PDFs on your iPhone. Auto-crop, OCR, and scanner-style filters. 100% on-device. No ads, accounts, or tracking.
Scanny turns your iPhone into a fast, private document scanner. Point your camera at a page, or pick photos you already have, and get a clean, professional PDF in seconds. Everything happens on your device. Nothing is ever uploaded.
WHY IS IT FREE? (WHAT'S THE CATCH?)
There's no catch. Scanning a document is about as basic as it gets, and tools this basic shouldn't cost you a subscription, bury you in ads, or quietly sell your data. Too many everyday utilities have been turned into traps that nickel-and-dime you or harvest your information, Scanny is the opposite. It does one job well, it stays free, and your documents never leave your device. I built the app I wanted to use, and you get to use it too.
WHY SCANNY
- Completely free. No in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no ads.
- 100% on-device. Your documents never leave your iPhone, no servers, no accounts, no tracking.
- Fast and focused. Just the scanning tools you actually need, nothing else.
SCAN ANYTHING
- Capture pages with the camera, with automatic edge detection and perspective correction.
- Multi-page scanning, build a whole document in one session.
- Import existing photos, Scanny finds the page automatically, and you can fine-tune the crop by dragging the corners (with a magnifier for precision) before it's straightened.
LOOKS LIKE A REAL SCAN
Choose the look that fits your page:
- Black & White, a high-contrast "photocopy" that removes shadows and uneven lighting so the paper looks pure white, with brightness and contrast controls to fine-tune it.
- Grayscale, crisp, neutral grayscale.
- Original, keep the photo exactly as captured.
SEARCHABLE PDFs
Scanny reads the text on your pages and embeds it as an invisible layer in the PDF, so you can search, select, and copy text straight from the finished file. Text recognition runs entirely on-device.
ORGANIZE & SHARE
- Reorder or delete pages and rename documents.
- Export a polished PDF and share it anywhere, AirDrop, Files, Mail, Messages, and more.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Scanny has no analytics, no ads, no login, and no network access. The app collects no data of any kind. What you scan stays with you.
Perfect for receipts, invoices, contracts, notes, IDs, forms, homework, and anything else you need as a clean, searchable PDF.
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The developer, Mathieu Rancourt, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Mathieu Rancourt
- Size
- 1 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mathieu Rancourt